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Go Simon Go!! - The result
Conditions were a bit windy tonight
Alison and I were out warming up on the course and Simon was off number 2 and passed us looking very stylish and fast, nice low tuck, yellow cap adding a touch of class to the outfit - Alison commented that he looked smooth and fast When we passed him on the turn he acknowledged us but didn't wave this time, saving those precious seconds - the boy was on a mission A nasty headwind on the way back slowed a lot of people down but Simon rolled on looking smooth At the finish, times were read out, I didn't hear Simons time but I did hear the phrase "Bugger" waft across the group People of uk.rec.cycling - you didn't try hard enough, there was not enough will power from the group 30 mins 6 secs Simon, come out with me for a few interval sessions and we will wipe those 6 seconds of the map! |
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"Andrew" typed
Conditions were a bit windy tonight Alison and I were out warming up on the course and Simon was off number 2 and passed us looking very stylish and fast, nice low tuck, yellow cap adding a touch of class to the outfit - Alison commented that he looked smooth and fast When we passed him on the turn he acknowledged us but didn't wave this time, saving those precious seconds - the boy was on a mission A nasty headwind on the way back slowed a lot of people down but Simon rolled on looking smooth At the finish, times were read out, I didn't hear Simons time but I did hear the phrase "Bugger" waft across the group People of uk.rec.cycling - you didn't try hard enough, there was not enough will power from the group 30 mins 6 secs Simon, come out with me for a few interval sessions and we will wipe those 6 seconds of the map! I did a 10 mile TT 10 years ago. 30 min, 2 seconds. There was a lorry on the roundabout on the turn. I'd rather be alive... I never bettered that time... -- Helen D. Vecht: Edgware. |
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"Andrew" wrote in message ... People of uk.rec.cycling - you didn't try hard enough, there was not enough will power from the group 30 mins 6 secs Not bad Simon, not bad. Cheers, helen s |
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wafflycat wrote:
30 mins 6 secs Not bad Simon, not bad. Compared to whom ;-) John B |
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JohnB wrote:
wafflycat wrote: 30 mins 6 secs Not bad Simon, not bad. Compared to whom ;-) Compared to himself, of course. The Race of Truth is against oneself as much as the other riders. A PB is a significant achievement, but in this case his satisfaction is marred by the narrowness of his failure to achieve what is after all a purely arbitrary number. His average speed was less than 67 thousandths of a mph slower than he wanted it to be, and if he keeps plugging at it he'll certainly get there. An improvement of only 1 mph will take him into the long 28s. I'm sure he'll clock 28 something before too long. Yes, I did note the smiley. :-) -- Dave... |
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dkahn400 wrote: JohnB wrote: wafflycat wrote: 30 mins 6 secs Not bad Simon, not bad. Compared to whom ;-) Compared to himself, of course. The Race of Truth is against oneself as much as the other riders. one 'truth' hit me at the age of 40; the fact that I was never going to make vet standard time. A tried and tested way of sorting the wheat from the chaff. |
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in message . com,
MartinM ') wrote: dkahn400 wrote: Compared to himself, of course. The Race of Truth is against oneself as much as the other riders. one 'truth' hit me at the age of 40; the fact that I was never going to make vet standard time. A tried and tested way of sorting the wheat from the chaff. What is 'vet standard time'? -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; I'll have a proper rant later, when I get the time. |
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dkahn400 ') wrote: JohnB wrote: wafflycat wrote: 30 mins 6 secs Not bad Simon, not bad. Compared to whom ;-) Compared to himself, of course. The Race of Truth is against oneself as much as the other riders. True. More so, in fact. A PB is a significant achievement, but in this case his satisfaction is marred by the narrowness of his failure to achieve what is after all a purely arbitrary number. His average speed was less than 67 thousandths of a mph slower than he wanted it to be Well, my times for that course for this year are as follows: Apr 12, 2005 Simon Brooke 34:25 Apr 26, 2005 Simon Brooke 32:45 May 17, 2005 Simon Brooke 32:23 May 31, 2005 Simon Brooke 31:29 Jun 14, 2005 Simon Brooke 31:22 Jul 12, 2005 Simon Brooke 30:32 Aug 9, 2005 Simon Brooke 30:06 See URL:http://www.stewartry-wheelers.org/wheelers/resultsearch?team=1&start=Craignair%20Bridge My previous personal best was 32:26, so every ride this year I've improved my time, and every ride since the 17th May I've set a new personal best. It's just that (i) Thirty minutes is now /so/ /close/, and (ii) I'd really like to do thirty minutes before my fiftieth birthday, which is getting close, and (iii) certain soi-disant friends of mine have been winding me up something rotten - whilst drinking my whisky! Yesterday there seemed a very good chance of doing it, and I /just/ missed it - by 0.3%, and, you know, that's very frustrating. The Craignair Bridge course is of our courses, the one I find easiest. It's pretty nearly flat with only two small hills, as compared to our Borgue course which starts straight up a bloody big one. We'll have at most two or three more cracks at the Craignair course before my birthday. and if he keeps plugging at it he'll certainly get there. An improvement of only 1 mph will take him into the long 28s. I'm sure he'll clock 28 something before too long. Why, thank you kind sir. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; lovely alternative to rice. |
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Simon Brooke wrote:
Yesterday there seemed a very good chance of doing it, and I /just/ missed it It's always the worst when you get so close to change the minute isn't it? It's totally arbitary of course, but it gets me everytime as well! course which starts straight up a bloody big one. We'll have at most two or three more cracks at the Craignair course before my birthday. Then I'd expect you to go under 30 mins before your birthday then. Good luck! Arthur -- Arthur Clune PGP/GPG Key: http://www.clune.org/pubkey.txt The struggle of people against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting - Milan Kundera |
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Simon Brooke wrote:
Well, my times for that course for this year are as follows: Apr 12, 2005 Simon Brooke 34:25 Apr 26, 2005 Simon Brooke 32:45 May 17, 2005 Simon Brooke 32:23 May 31, 2005 Simon Brooke 31:29 Jun 14, 2005 Simon Brooke 31:22 Jul 12, 2005 Simon Brooke 30:32 Aug 9, 2005 Simon Brooke 30:06 Look on the bright side. Continuing with that rate of improvement, I reckon by Christmas 2007 you will be finishing before you started ;-) -- Tony "I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't" Anon |
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